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Biden’s move to aid federal workers

{beacon} Biden moves to ban use of federal employees’ pay history The Biden administration announced new measures. prohibit usage of Salary history For federal employees and contractors. The proposed rule also pay transparency measures What we require contractors to disclose Coverage With job information. “Relying on a candidate’s salary history exacerbates existing inequalities in the […]

Federal report finds 1-in-10 US hate crimes occur at schools

Roughly one in 10 hate crimes in the United States in 2022 occurred in schools from kindergarten through college, according to a new FBI report. of reportA paper published Monday found that up to 10 percent of all hate crime crimes reported in 2022 occurred in schools, or 1,336 of the 13,346 total hate crime […]

Federal Probe of Northwestern University Launched After Antisemitism Complaint

Anti-Semitism accusations about Northwestern University sparked a federal investigation. The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday launched an investigation into allegations that the school discriminated against Jewish students. The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Northwestern University in response to a complaint filed by Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Dr. […]

Federal judge ‘shocked’ by Jan. 6 ‘hostages’ rhetoric

The federal judge presiding over the case involving the Jan. 6 defendants harshly criticized some of the language used to describe the 2021 Capitol riot, calling out those convicted of crimes that day. He said in a court filing that he was “shocked” by the “hostage” rhetoric. ” Judge Royce Lamberth said such rhetoric misrepresents […]

Georgia Port of Brunswick issued $15M federal infrastructure grant for expansion

One of Georgia's busiest ports has won a $15 million federal grant to help pay for a new dock and other renovations at one of its shipping terminals, the state's U.S. senator announced Wednesday. did. The Port of Brunswick, about 110 miles south of Savannah, will receive funding through a U.S. Department of Transportation grant […]